TAX ON FOODSTUFFS
CONSERVATIVE POLICY NOT AN ELECTION ISSUE l-Elec. Tel. Copyright—United Press Assn.j LONDON, April 7. "The only equal terms upon which trade tlSeaties can be negotiated are (hose enabling Britishers to say, '.lf you do not give us some advantage, wo shall hit you on the head,' " said Mr. Stanley Baldwin, in a speech at the i'ree Trade Ball, Manchester. lie added that free trade was passing to-day, because no free traders were being born. The policy of laissez l'aire was dead, and safeguarding! for the first time gave Britain a weapon with which to negotiate trade treaties. "In no circumstances," he said, "shall this country, at the forthcoming election, be asked to vote in favor of food taxes. It is a matter of such importance that our people must not be asked to vote blindfolded. Therefore, food taxes will play no part in the general election. The only part they can play, after the election, is if the Dominions are prepared to offer advantages which seem to me worth placing before the British electors for 'Yes' or 'No.' "
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Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LV, Issue 17230, 9 April 1930, Page 7
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181TAX ON FOODSTUFFS Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LV, Issue 17230, 9 April 1930, Page 7
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